Putting God’s Truth into practice is the reality of the Christian life.
How to live God’s Truth is clearly explained in the Bible, and it is our
responsibility to read it, believe it, accept it, and live it every day.
The Truth that God has graciously given to His creation is all through
Scripture, and it is everyone’s choice to live it and enjoy Heaven forever;
or to ignore it and suffer in Hell forever.

It is possible—through wrong decisions, wrong choices, and wrong desires,
to gain the wealth of the world, but to lose the kingdom of God.
Jonah
2:8“Those who cling to worthless idols [lying vanities] forfeit the grace
[forsake the mercy] that could be theirs.”Mark 8:36“For what shall
it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

The
Serpent who appeared to Eve, is the same Devil who opposes God’s Word to
this day—that is why the apostle warned to
1 Timothy 6:12“Fight the good
fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.” It is a serious battle with
a dangerous enemy. Satan will do everything possible to have us turn
away from the Word, and to leave a position of trust on God.

Eden-like conditions—that God wants us to enjoy—are possible by Jesus
bearing on the cross, every evil thing inherited from Adam’s disobedience
and rebellion. The gifts of Christ’s Atonement relate to this life on
earth—while we wait for the next in Heaven.

Isaiah 53:4-5“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he
was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

The
cause of trouble is turning our back on God, and going our own way—6“All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and
the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity [guilt and sins] of us all.”
The penalty for that rebellion was borne by Jesus on the cross—that
is why
He came to earth.

Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To
set at liberty those who are oppressed.”

The
Atonement of Christ enables the
presence of God in our heart—every moment of
every day. Romans 8:32“He that spared not his own Son [the greatest
of Gifts], but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things [the lesser gifts]?” God wants to
give to us
everything Adam’s rebellion took from us.

We are
all sinners through Adam’s one mistake, but we can be righteous through
Jesus’ one sacrifice Romans 5:17-19. This cleansing work of the cross
gives us the ability to live according to God’s Word, and to trust Him in
faith as Bible believers did when Jesus was on earth. We have an
Atonement right to enjoy health, protection, provisions, and God’s peace—all
without payment.

During
the first Passover in Egypt, not one thing could touch the homes that were
under the blood of a lamb Exodus 11 & 12. They were not only
protected but they were also healed of every oppression by the divine power
of God. Psalm 105:37“He brought them forth also with silver and gold:
and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.”

Now we
are under the Lamb of God—whose Blood would provide that much
more protection, healing, deliverance, victory and peace. The poor
spiritual condition of most religious people today is because they do
not
believe, nor claim, their Atonement rights in faith. They
believe a
lamb’s blood protected and delivered people centuries ago, but they do
not
believe the true Lamb of God’s Blood protects and delivers people today.

Believing that Christ has changed, robs us of everything He died to give
us—including eternal life. If the shed Blood of Christ cannot deliver,
protect, and heal us today, it would not be able to save us from God’s wrath
either. The truth is Hebrews 13:8“Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
and today, and forever.”

Everything we could need in this life is provided by the atoning work of
Christ on the cross. The presence of God, through His Holy Spirit
within, makes it possible. Jesus became humble and submissive so that
we could be spiritually rich in faith 2 Corinthians 8:9.

The pathway to eternal life is to accept, believe, and practice every
divine truth of the New Testament—including the Old Testament where it
supports the New Covenant. The Word of God is the road back to the
Garden of Eden. Vast numbers of people professing faith in Christ,
expect to enter heaven without obeying or practicing God’s Word. The
teaching of the Bible, however, completely refutes this serious error.

Abraham put his faith in God in practice—by doing what God said to do.
Under God’s teaching and training, Abraham would have sacrificed his son,
rather than disobey the Word. This is not law-righteousness, but
soul-saving faith-righteousness.

God’s
plan of righteousness is through faith in the Blood of His Son. God
provides the spiritual light, and His Holy Spirit gives the ability to
obey—we just make the choice to obey—and
to practice our faith in God.
Jesus restored all the blessings lost through Adam’s rebellion, and He
provides us the ability to meet the conditions to
receive those blessings.

Practicing our faith proves we love God.
1 John 2:3“Hereby we do know
that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know
him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God
perfected.” To keep God’s Word is to practice our faith
1 John 2:6“He
that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he
walked”—by faith in the Father every day.

Anyone
who lives by faith in God will be putting His Word into practice—a Word that
gives advice and instruction on every detail of life—explaining
what to do,
and how to meet every situation. Trusting
God each day means; no money
stored up; no anti-theft system activated; no family doctor; no lawyer’s
number in our cell phone; etc.

We easily accept the advice of people in whom we have confidence, so it
is just as reasonable to readily accept advice from God in whom we
should have the most confidence—advice that will save our soul from the flames.
It is all about love for God, trusting Him, and practicing His Truth.
John 14:23“If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching [keep my words].”

When
we love someone, we want to do whatever they ask us to do; so we should be
more than willing to do what God wants us to do—put His teaching, advice,
and Truth into practice. Living by faith in God compels us to depend
totally on Him. Adam and Eve had a perfect life, because they depended
on a perfect God.

Following the instructions of God’s Word, takes us back to the position of
total dependence on Him for everything—as Adam did. Going directly to
God, as a child goes to a parent; Matthew 18:3“Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”Philippians 4:6“In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God.”

Faith
lessons should be learned each day, because we started life with a
rebellious nature, so we must be willing to allow God to teach us.
Our self-will is to be rejected, and
God’s will accepted.
Romans 12:1-2“I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

The
Holy Spirit begins the training, and He has us get rid of every unscriptural
thing or desire in our life—it means to eliminate every human plan and false
place of trust. Practicing faith on God means we depend on Him for
everything in this life.

Regardless of what the devil suggests, or however he opposes our faith, we
must stand firm in trusting God in faith—practicing His Word of Truth
concerning every detail of life. We trust God in faith for health,
healing, a forgiving spirit, finances, justice when wronged, and for
everything else. The Holy Spirit is a perfect Teacher, so He will
bring us to where we would rather give up our life, than trust in anything
but God.

When
our faith in God is practiced
in our life, the conditions of Eden can be
restored and we are ready to meet Jesus.
1 Peter 1:6-7“Wherein ye
greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness
[been grieved] through manifold [various] temptations: That the trial
[genuineness] of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor
and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.”

All
trouble is from the devil, and he can oppress us
only where we are not fully
surrendered to God’s will, or we are not obeying His Word. If the
attack is met as the Bible tells us to meet it, and we remain committed to
trusting God in faith through it all, the trial of our faith, will be turned
into a blessing from the Lord. Mark 11:24“What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

The
Word is the same as if God told us in person that our prayers will be heard
and answered. We are to accept His Word as true, without waiting to
visibly see anything, but just believing in faith that we will receive what
we have asked God for in prayer.

Our
faith in God must be perfected regarding every part of our life, just as God
perfected the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, David, Mordecai, and many
other Bible Christians who were truly committed to obey the Scriptures
concerning every situation confronting them.

They persevered under trial, and stood firm in their faith on God, so
they would James 1:12“receive the crown of life that God has promised to
those who love him.” That is putting God’s Truth into practice—and
receiving eternal life as the blessed reward.